Terence Zhang IPv6 Research & Promotion Activities

Terence Zhang

IPv6 Research & Promotion Activities

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IPv6 Promotion: Government Influence

IPv6 Technology Research

IPv6 Promotion:Industry Influence

Challenge in IPv6 development

By the end of 2011:Internet users : 513Million, penetration rate: 38.3%Broadband Internet users: 392 MillionMobile Internet users: 356 MillionIPv4 address: 330Million (0.64per-capita)Private IPv4 Addresses used widely

Internet Development in ChinaInternet Development in China

Total net demands on IP address: 11.5billion (in 5 years)Given that the efficiency of address allocation is 33%, 34.5billion addresses are needed

IP Address DemandIP Address Demand

The Internet of Things:10billion

Fixed Internet:5 to 6 hundred million

Mobile Internet: 1billion

Challenges in IPv6 DevelopmentChallenges in IPv6 Development

IP address demand is the main motivation for adopting IPv6Very limit immediate business or application demandThe impact of IPv4 exhaustion to different player is different, hard to create a coherent driving forceLack effective coordination development incentive system between ISP and ICPThe benefit of IPv6 has to be realized in the long termRequire huge investment and no short term gain can be expected

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Government effort in IPv6 promotionGovernment effort in IPv6 promotion

National strategy for the next generation Internet in the 12th Five-Year-PlanGovernment support technology research programs:

High-performance Broadband Information Network‘ (3TNet)Architecture of Next Generation Internet‘973’ Programs & ‘863’ ProgramsMobile IPv6 SecurityIPv6 Scenarios in Mobile InternetNetwork architecture based on IPv6Solution on mobile network migration from ipv4 to ipv6

Government driven projectCNGISensing China

Promote IPv6 commercial deployment in the 12th Five-Year-PlanTargets

Internet penetration rate: rises from 34% to 45%Internet users accessing by IPv6 broadband: above 25 million

Plan–2011-2013, initial stage

Backbone, CERNET and networks newly set up fully support IPv6 Metropolitan area networks(in developed regions) are gradually migrated to support IPv6DNS systems are mainly upgraded to support IPv6Websites(including Top100 commercial websites, government’s websites) are gradually upgraded to support IPv6

–2014-2015, advance stageFurther upgrade MAN(in developed and developing regions) to support IPv6Further upgrade websites(including commercial websites and government’s websites) to support IPv6

Next Five-year Plan of CNGI ProjectNext Five-year Plan of CNGI Project

Our Advisory ReportOur Advisory Report

Overview of our advisory report to the National Informatization experts advisory committee:IPv6 transition will be a prolonged process if it were driven purely by business demandThe longer the transition process, the more costs and difficulty will be incurredChinese ISP may have more challenge in IP address resources than other countries because of the rapid increase of Internet usersA referenced transition time table is necessary for effective coordination between different player in the industry chain Government’s specific IPv6 promotion policies & programs are proven to be effective in IPv6 promotion

Users

PORTAL

ISP

ICP/ASP

Growing Content & Applications

Expanding Overage & Users

User Size IncreaseGovernmentStimulation

Policies

Government Stimulation Policies Government Stimulation Policies RecommendationRecommendation

Establish transition time tableLead by migrating government networks and services to IPv6Financial stimulus programs to early adopterEstablish a mechanism for effective coordination between different players

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ISP’s Perspectives in IPv6 deploymentISP’s Perspectives in IPv6 deployment

Government guidance is necessary for making business decision, especially in IPv6 adoptionNational transition time table is preferable for effective coordinationIPv6 pilot projects and test beds are effective in nurturing IPv6 expertise and confidence

ISP’s Perspectives in IPv6 deploymentISP’s Perspectives in IPv6 deployment

Top 5 Priorities of consideration in choosing a transition mechanism:

User ExperienceSmoothCostWorkloadOperability

Prefer to choose dual stack model as transition technology–NAT444 vs. DS-LiteWill maintain IPv6 and IPv4 services to the market, prefer minimizing IPv4/IPv6 Translation & pushing to the edge

Our ObservationOur Observation

Government guidance & transition time table is necessaryIPv4&IPv6 may co-exist for a long timeThe main driven force of adopting IPv6 is user experience and new application demandUser experience will be impacted significantly when NAT user increaseIPv6 deployment Opportunities in China:

UrbanizationIncrease of Internet penetration rateIncrease of Mobile Internet user & applicationSensing China Project

CNNIC Promotion Activities – CNNIC Promotion Activities – OPEN LAB (DNSLAB) OPEN LAB (DNSLAB)

D:Data-analysisN:Naming-addressing-routingS:Security -stability-resilience

Objectives:–Promote collaboration between research & industry–Accelerate research achievement commercialization–Promote key Internet technology research & application

Fund enterprise research projectIPv6 transitionTrustworthy Network DNS technology

Establish joint lab with enterprise

CNNIC Promotion Activities – CNNIC Promotion Activities – IPv6 Application Pilot CenterIPv6 Application Pilot Center

IPv6 Pilot Network Services

–Tunnel –Leased Line


IPv6 Application Pilot Services–Testing & Staging–Application development & migration guide–Sample code–Sample migration scenario–Development & testing tools


Training –IP address exhaustion & solutions–IPv6 introduction–IPv6 address planning–IPv6 migration planning

Consulting–IPv6 capability & migration assessment–Building IPv6 pilot network

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The IP Address Management ChallengeThe IP Address Management Challenge

COMPUTERWORLD Survey:About 2/3 organizations use basic tools like spreadsheets for IP address management, despite the increasing demands and costsCost to manage each IP address:

–Find and provision an available address–Record it in the management system –Update DNS and other related tasks

The annual cost to manage each IP address is directly correlated with organization size:

–Enterprise average: $9.19 annually–SMB average: $7.12 annually–Mean: $8.10 annually

Conclusion: Costs per IP address grow for all devices as the size of IP address increase

The IP Address Management ChallengeThe IP Address Management Challenge

Yankee group report summary:–Consumerization, mobility, cloud computing, device evolution and the transition to IPv6 are driving up the number of endpoints –IPv6 networks twice the no. of subnets, 10 times the no. of IP addresses, twice the no. of DNS queries and DHCP transactions–Virtual machines (VMs) is driving up the reconfiguration tasks:

DHCP transaction, DNS queries, reconfiguration of the network devices

–the largest cause of downtime is due to human errors made when configuring network devices.

Conclusion: –Automating repetitive tasks can eliminate those errors and make the required changes faster

IPv6 Address Management ChallengeIPv6 Address Management Challenge

Fast expanding use of IP-enabled devices and applications, including RFID tags, mobile devices and virtual devicesSignificantly more addresses & subnets, more DNS queries & DHCP transactions, more reconfiguration tasksIPv6 addresses are longer and more complex to handleIP address management tasks be more complex with the transition from IPv4 to IPv6

–Concurrent Management of IPv6 and public & private IPv4, NAT pool, etc.

Effective address planning & allocation–Carrying multi-dimensional attributes information with IPv6 addresses

IP address management automation tools–Automating repetitive IP address management tasks

Nice-to-have in IPv4, Need-to-have in IPv6

IPv6 Address Management SolutionIPv6 Address Management Solution

Effective IP@ IdentificationEffective IP@ Identification

CITY POP DEVICE SERVICETYPE

For Example:Network Info–Topology –Location –Service Type –Customer Type–VLAN number –IPv4 address

User Info–MAC address–Phone No. –IMEI code

Centralized management of IP addresses, namespace and DHCP servicesAddress utilization & capacity forecastingRenumbering & reconfiguration assistanceTrack & reclaim IP address and subnetWHOIS registration and Reverse DNS Delegation between LIR/NIR/RIRs

IP Address Management AutomationIP Address Management Automation

Raise awarenessProvide tools through RMSHosting IP management services

What NIR can Do?What NIR can Do?

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Terence Zhang IPv6 Research & Promotion Activities